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<h2>International Expansion of U.S. Mofa's (majority&ndash;owned Foreign Affiliates in Fire (finance, Insurance and Real Estate) </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>a cross-section from 1982
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<p><em>number of observations</em> :  50
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<p><em>observation</em> :  country
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<p><em>country</em> :  United States
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Mofa)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
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<dt>capexp</dt><dd><p>capital expenditures made by the MOFA's of nonbank U.S. corporations in finance, insurance and real estate. Source: &quot;U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: 1982 Benchmark Survey data.&quot; Table III.C 6.</p>
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<dt>gdp</dt><dd><p>gross domestic product. Source: &quot;World Bank, World Development Report 1984.&quot; Table 3. (This variable is  scaled by a factor of 1/100,000)</p>
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<dt>sales</dt><dd><p>sales made by the majority owned foreign affiliates of nonbank U.S. parents in finance, insurance and real estate. Source: &quot;U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: 1982 Benchmark Survey Data.&quot; Table III.D 3. (This variable is scaled by a factor of 1/100)</p>
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<dt>nbaf</dt><dd><p>the number of U.S. affiliates in the host country. Source: &quot;U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: 1982 Benchmark Survey Data.&quot; Table 5. (This variable is scaled by a factor of 1/100)</p>
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<dt>netinc</dt><dd><p>net income earned by MOFA's of nonbank U.S. corporations operating in the nonbanking financial sector of the host country. Source: &quot;U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: 1982 Benchmark Survey Data.&quot; Table III.D 6.(This variable is scaled by a factor of 1/10)</p>
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Ioannatos, Petros E. (1995) &ldquo;Censored regression estimation under unobserved heterogeneity : a stochastic parameter approach&rdquo;, <em>Journal of Business and Economics Statistics</em>, <b>13(3)</b>, july, 327&ndash;335.
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<h3>References</h3>

<p>Journal of Business Economics and Statistics web site : <a href="http://amstat.tandfonline.com/loi/ubes20">http://amstat.tandfonline.com/loi/ubes20</a>.
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code></p>


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